# Amputations at Quality Castings Co.
> OSHA SIR `2023021285` · 2/9/2023 · ORRVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Castings Co.
- **Location:** 1200 N. MAIN STREET, ORRVILLE, OHIO, 44667
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a core machine when the hopper struck the employee's right hand, resulting in amputation of the right thumb.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*